Friday, March 15, 2013

Viber Review

Ahoy matey, I be noticin’ your loneliness ever since we left port. Ye
need to get used to leavin’ yer old ball n’ chain if ye really want to
be a pirate like me. And if the blues be too heavy to bear, ye got yer
smartphone there. Just call her up and get a whiff of her voice again.
Now, if ye be a stinkin’ cheapskate, I be recommending Viber, a
cost-saving communication app that I be using meself.

Viber isn’t a new app in the world of mobile communications. It has
been around for a few years and has actually enticed more than 12
million people to use it. Well, you really can’t blame those 12 million
people because Viber is truly a nifty little app. And that is spot on
whether you are an Android junkie or an iOS Apple lover.

Save Money on Your Cell Plan

Making calls and sending SMS isn’t free. Mobile carriers will often
provide you with a monthly plan that allows you a finite number of free
calls and texts. They then charge you extra should you go beyond the
appointed limit. If you got a lot of friends or are some kind of
uncontrollable chatterbox, you know that all those additional calls and
texts can cost a small fortune. This problem is where Viber becomes a
godsend.

Viber is an app that allows you to communicate to your friends for
free. Well, let me rephrase that – it lets you communicate with your
friends that have Viber installed for free. Viber allows you to send
instant messages or make voice calls as much as you want within the
Viber network using the contacts database in your smartphone or tablet
and a Wi-Fi or a mobile data network connection.

The Only Limitation

Viber is quite useful when you your friends have Viber and are online. It becomes rather useless if the people you need to contact
isn’t online or if you don’t access to a Wi-Fi or data network. This is
definitely the limitation. The good thing is that almost everywhere you
go is connected one way or another – via Wi-Fi, 3G, or the latest LTE.
So, the chances that you won’t be able to connect with your Viber
buddies is pretty bleak. Hence, this really isn’t a big deal limitation.

Ease of Use

I love Viber. I love it more than Skype or Fring – and I do use both
heavily as well. This is because I find Viber easier to use, what with
the clean and clear interface, and the almost automatic integration to
the smartphone’s calling system. If you want to call someone that uses
Viber, you will have the option to use that or proceed with the standard
mobile connection. If you have Skype and Fring installed, you will
definitely have to choose what app will be the default call handling
app. I would recommend going with Viber 8 out of 10 times, just because
of the user-friendliness of the app.

Free, Free, and Free

Need I say more? It is free just like Skype, Fring, and all the other
apps in the same boat. And with over 12 million people online on it, it
is highly likely that you will find a good number of friends and
contact addicted like crack to Viber.